Country Homes & Interiors

VINTAGE VIBE

When Ann Jarvis decided to look for a weekend retreat in the country for herself and her family, she had definite ideas in mind. ‘I was looking for somewhere I could decorate myself and where I could recycle some of the excess furniture we seemed to have accumulated in our numerous moves,’ she says. Thanks to the demands of her husband Mick’s job, the couple had spent several years living in various American states before finally settling in Berkshire.

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